UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 10, 2019

Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity: 0001792414

BANK 2019-BNK23

(Exact name of Issuing Entity)

Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0001547361

Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0000740906

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001102113

Bank of America, National Association

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541557

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC

(Exact Names of the Sponsors as Specified in their Charters)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 761-4000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Item 8.01. Other Events.

This Form 8-K/A amends the Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Form 8-K”), dated and filed as of December 10, 2019, with respect to BANK 2019-BNK23. The purpose of this amendment is to replace in its entirety the paragraph of the Form 8-K relating to the net proceeds and expenses of the related offering with the following:

The Registrant sold all of the Publicly Offered Certificates, having an aggregate certificate balance of $1,094,290,000, on December 10, 2019. The net proceeds of the offering to the Registrant of the issuance of the Publicly Offered Certificates, after deducting expenses payable by the Registrant of $5,342,447.39, were approximately $1,168,378,121 plus accrued interest from the cut-off date.  Of the expenses paid by the Registrant, $100,000 were paid directly to affiliates of the Registrant, $50,000 were in the form of fees paid to the Underwriters unaffiliated with the Registrant, approximately $135,000 were expenses paid to or for the Underwriters and $5,057,477.39 were other expenses.  All of the foregoing expense amounts are the Registrant’s reasonable estimates of such expenses.  No underwriting discounts and commissions or finder’s fees were paid by the Registrant; the Publicly Offered Certificates were offered by the Underwriters for sale to the public in negotiated transactions or otherwise at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The Registrant also sold to the Initial Purchasers on such date the Privately Offered Certificates, having an aggregate certificate balance of $128,381,293 and transferred to the Retaining Parties the RR Interest, having a certificate balance of $64,351,120.72, in each case in private placement transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Act.  Further information regarding such sales (including, as to the price per class of Publicly Offered Certificates) is available in the Underwriting Agreement attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and in the Prospectus referred to above.  The related registration statement (file no. 333-227446) was originally declared effective on October 24, 2018.

No other changes have been made to the Form 8-K other than the changes described above.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: January 3, 2020